Pipe-hanger.



vnr-PED STATES' PATENT oEEroE.I

CHARLES "E COGGESHALL, or BEooKLiNE, MASSACHUSETTS.

PIPE-HANGER.

Specication l of Letters Patent. l

, Patented oct. 2, 1906.

Appnoasoniea october 19, 1905. serial No.' 283.453.

yT02 @ZZ whom t may concern.-

ed an Improvement in Pipe-Hangers, of which .the following description, in lconnection W1th the accompanying drawings, is a specica'- tion, like numerals on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object to provide a novel pipe-hanger which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture and which is vextremely effective in operation. j The pipe-hanger is preferably made from a single piece of resilient metal and is provided with a seat portion to embrace and receive the pi e. and with leg (portions extending from the seat portion an terminating in in- Wardly-turned feet, which feet have 4openings to receive the shank of a headedstud or screw which is inserted in a ceiling or wall. Some embodiments ofthe invention will 'now be described and then the novel features thereof will be pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of one form of pipe-hangerv embodying my invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are sections on the line 11;, Fig. 1, looking downwardly, Fig. 3 showing the legs of the pipe-hanger closed toward each other to b g the openings in the feet in line. Fig. 4 is an enlarged section through-the feet, of the legs-of a pipe-hanger on the line y y, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing a different form of the invention. Figs. 6 and 7 are sections on the line a a, Fig. 7, showing the legs of the pipehanger closed together to bring the openings in the feet thereof into alinement. Fig. 8 is a side view of the vupper end of a pipe-hanger, showing another embodiment of the invention. Fig. 9 is a vertical section through the pipe-hanger shown 8. Fig. 10 is a 1n Fig. section on the line b b, Fi 8,. Fig. 1 1 is a view applying the pipeshowing the manner o han er to a pipe.

Mgy improved` pipe-hanger will preferably be made of some resilient or elastic material, and it is shaped to present the seat portion 3, in which the pipe 4 is received, and the two leg portions 5, which extend upwardly from the seat ortion and terminate in inwardlydirected feet 6. Each foot is provided with an opening which may be either in the nature of an aperture or in the form of a slot.

. In the embodiment of the invention shown to receive the shank of inFigs. 1 to 4 this opening is an openingsinthe two feet being signated 7 and 8, respectively. Both the openings 7 and 8 are of a size to receive the head 9 of the 'screw or stud 10, by which the hanger is secured to the ceiling or wall, and the opening 8 is also formed in one side with a locking notch or recess 11.-

Thematerial of which the pipe-hanger-is made is preferably resilient, so that it may be applied to the pipe by simply opening the legs away from each other, as shown in Fig. 11, until the feet are spread sufliciently to admit of their being-passed over the pipe. The legs are then brought toward each other until the openings 7 and 8 come into alinement, as shown in Fig. 4, when said feet may be inserted over the head 9 of the screw or The resiliency .of the legs 5 tends to separate them, so that as soon as the head 9 of the screw has been inserted through the openings 7 and 8 the legs separate from each other, and thus cause the shank of the screw to enter the locking-notch 11 as shown in Fig. .2. When in this position the han er is firmly secured to the wall or ceiling,- an the construction is suchthat the weight of the pipe only tends to separate the legs more, and thus cause the feet to more firmly hold to the screw. The length of the inner foot 6 is such that the outer edgev 12 thereof forms a stop to limitthe closing movement of the legs when the openings 7 and 8 come into alinement. In applying the pipe-han er, therefore, it is only necessary to squeeze the legs 5 together until the edge 12 of the under foot 6 strikes the adjacent leg 5, as shown in Fi 4, at `which time the apertures 7 and 8 will e properly alined for receivin the head 9 of the screw.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 1 and 4 the o eningsf`7 and 8 are merely apertures, and e device is applied to the headed stud by sli pin fthe apertures over the head of said stud? sai apertures being large enough to receive 'the head. In the ot er embodiment of my invention the openings in the feet are in the nature of open-ended slots which are preferably only wide enough theheaded stud 10. For instance, in Figs. 6 and 7 the o enings are in the nature of open-ended s ots 13, there being one such slot in each foot, and each slot terminates in the side of the corresponding foot. The inner ends of the slots are ofset-slightl as at 7a and 8, to form a erture the dlg y IOO locking-notches, in which the shank of the stud 10 is received when the pipe-hander is in place. To apply a pipe-hanger oi? this form, it is only necessary to close the legs 5 together as far as the inner foot 6 will permit, at which time the two slots 13 are in alinement. as shown in Fig. 7, and then to slip the hanger laterally onto the shank of stud or screw 10, said shank entering through the alined slots 13. When the shank of the screw has fully entered the slots, the resiliency of the material of the legs will cause said legs to se arate, and the shank of the screw 10 will tlien find its place in the offset ends 7 and 8, as shown in Fi .6. Since these ends of the slots are offset s ightly, it will be impossible to detach the pipe-hanger from the screw except by first closing the legs 5 toward each ot er to bring the slots into alinement, as shown in Fig. 13.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 8, 9, and 1() the pipe-hanger is revented from coming 0H of the screw by a ockingflange 15, which depends from the side of one of the slots 13a, this flange preferably being made by striking up part of the metal of said foot. In this embodiment the openings are in the form of slots; but the ends of the slots are not offset. The flange 15 is depended on for preventin the hanger from being withdrawn lateralIy from the screw, except when the two legs are pinched together to bring the slots 13a into alinement.

A ipe-hanger embodying my invention is Simp e to make and extremely easy to apply. It can be applied to the pipe at any point along its length by simply opening the legs away from each other, as shown in Fig. 11. It is also so constructed that the weight of the pipe therein tends to separate the legs, and thus more securely hold it to the screw or stud.

One advantage of making the pipe-hanger with legs is that when in place the ipe is spaced sufficiently from the wall or ee ing to permit attaching-screws to be inserted into the wall or removed therefrom.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A pipe-hanger made from a band of resilient metal bent centrally toform a particylindrical seat portion to receive the pipe, said seat portion forming an arc of more than a semicircle, said band being also bent to form a resilient leg projecting upwardly from each end of the seat portion, each leg havin its end bent to form an inwardly-directe foot, each foot bein provided with an opening adapted to be slipped over the shank of a headed supporting-stud without either removing the stud or removing its head.

2. A pipe-hanger made from a band of resilient metal bent to present a parti-cylindrical seat portion to embrace a pipe, an upwardly-directed leg extending from each end of the seat portion, and an inwardly-directed foot at each end of the leg, the seat portion being shaped to extend more than half-way around the pi e, said feet overlap ing each other and eac foot being provided with an opening adapted to be slipped over the shank o a supporting-stud without either removing said stud or its head, the edge of the inner foot constituting a stop to engage the opposite leg and thereby limit the movement of the legs toward each other when the openin s are in alinement.

n testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES P. COGGESHALL. l Witnesses:

LoUIs C. SMITH, EDWIN A. JACKSON. 

